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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Sep 2 06:20:46 2010, in response to Re: SAS - Myopic MTA, posted by WillD on Thu Sep 2 00:06:41 2010. . I can't say I'm entirely comfortable with the prospect of the MTA's ventilation structures on the UES being integrated into residential, commercial, or mixed-use structures. People sharing space with the machinery which will move the millions introduces a degree of risk which a single use ventilation structure avoids. Will we suspend the SAS if some grandmother on the tenth floor forgets her cooking and starts a grease fire? And just how liable will the MTA be for the byproducts of any fires that may be vented through these ventilation structures? I realize that the neighboring structures share the same proximity and thus anything affecting a shared use ventilation structure should affect the surrounding buildings, but it will be those people living in the structure who have a legal link with the MTA and its potential millions waiting to be tapped by the right lawyer. It seems less myopic and more pragmatic to accept the slight reduction in residential and commercial space and in doing so avoid the potential problems a combined ventilation/residential unit would bring with it.It's not exactly an untried concept. What about Grand Central Terminal? Should the rail yards been kept uncovered to guard against some grandmother's grease fire, instead of building what's now the Helmsley Bldg, the Biltmore Hotel, The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, etc? |
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